Back in the old days, a prospective academic author could submit a manuscript —sometimes even a barely reworked dissertation — and book editors would consider it for publication. Now, even if you’ve ...

SMU Office of Research – New, cutting-edge research is happening all the time around the world across a variety of fields. Though these research projects may differ in topic and methodology, they all ...

References Usually, students are not big fans of this dissertation proposal section because it requires accuracy and a lot of time. However, you need to write it before the submission and make sure ...

Once you have passed your comprehensive exams, the time has come for you to complete the dissertation proposal. In this memo, I give you some of my thoughts on ways to approach the proposal. Also, I ...

Chemist David Sanabria-Ríos was no stranger to receiving the cold shoulder from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Several times, he had applied for funding for his research on synthesizing ...

Grant writing is a distinct form of the craft—much different from crafting a persuasive essay or an informational blog post. The content in a grant proposal must be catered to the funder it targets, ...

Grants are the lifeblood of many organizations. But procuring them often turns out to be a time-consuming, labor-intensive process. Writing a proposal can take hundreds of hours, require the services ...

Read the request for proposals and any other grant maker materials thoroughly. As you read the written materials, make a list of the grant maker’s buzzwords and make sure they are always in front of ...

One of the most pragmatic questions in scientific research is, “How will this research be funded?” The answer to this funding uncertainty often depends on how you present your research proposal just ...

This free, week-long proposal writing retreat is open to all research-active faculty and staff from any unit at UW (and all branches and affiliate programs statewide). We mean it--any job type, any ...

Outsourcing is enjoying a surge in respectability now that businesses of all types and sizes are striving to contain costs and operate more efficiently. Making the case for outsourcing often crosses ...